Tag: today

After I donated, the website asked me to tell them why. Some of the submissions are shared with Bernie. I wrote this and thought I would share.

I donated on day one, too, but today I set up a monthly donation. I caucused for Bernie twice in 2016. I believe in this campaign and what it stands for.

My father is retired. He even has a pension—one of the few. But he's considering returning to work to support himself and his wife. They live in a small town in the Midwest, and yet he's just scraping by. He voted for Trump. He wanted to shake something loose in Washington, and believed Trump would stand up for people like him.

My mother is doing better, but I don't think she'll ever be able to retire. Her and her husband both work long hours. Even though she adjusted her withholdings, her taxes still increased this year.

My ex-mother-in-law owns her own business. She built it from the ground up. She's been saving for years in the hope of retiring in 10 years. She's in her late 60s now.

I earn more than my parents ever did, but I can't afford to save much of anything right now in my 401(k). The projections aren't great and I'm starting to get older. Everyone is working so hard to make ends meet that even finding the time and energy to meet someone and start a family seem out of reach to me right now.

Now, more than ever, we need a bold vision for the future to inspire us to reach for it together as Americans. The true conflict isn't between the progressive and conservative, but between our neck and the boot that is stepping on it: those powerful billionaires and corporations who have suborned the political process.

"One man with courage makes a majority." Bernie, our common cause is made through your passion for speaking truth to power. The working man and woman of this country are struggling, and I support you because you have the decency to be angry about it.